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Patented Nov. 29, I898.

T. WOLFE. NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

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No. 614,919. Patented Nov, 29, I898. T. WOLFE.

NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1897,)

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NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Aug. 10. 1897.)

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NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

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INITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. FUOSS AND IVILEY O. COX,- OF SAME PLACE.

NEWSPAPER-WRAPPER PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,919, dated November29, 1898.

Application filed August 10, 1897.

To [tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WOLFE, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Wrapper-Printing Machines, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof. a

My invention relates to newspaper-wrapper-printing machines; and itconsists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin appended claims.

The object of the invention is to producea machine of this characterwhich is positive and extremely rapid in operation, simple, underperfect control of'the attendant, and strong, durable, and comparativelyinexpensive of construction.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents in side elevation a newspaper wrapper printingmachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents, on an enlarged scale,a vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the same. Fig. 3represents, on a still greater scale, a side elevation of a part of themachine. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of such part. Fig. 5 represents ahorizontal section taken on the line V V of Fig. 3, with one side of thetable-top removed. Fig. 6 represents a plan view with the entiretable-top,together with the printers galley, removed. Fig. '7 representsan irregular cross-section taken on the line VII VII of Fig. 4. Fig. 8represents a vertical section taken on the line VIII VIII of Fig. 3.Fig. 9 represents, on agreater scale, a perspective of the adjustablehead-block or platen and a part of the reciprocal frame in which saidblock is mounted. Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the fountain forapplying ink to the type.

In said drawings, where similar referencenumerals designatecorresponding parts, 1 designates an elongated table constructed of anysuitable material and having its top slotted centrally for its fulllength, by preference as at 2. The table-top, near the center of themachine, is also provided with atransverse slot 3 for a purpose whichwill be hereinafter explained.

- 4L designates bars which are arranged parallel with each other andwith the margins of the slot 2, being arranged so as to form a firm andsubstantial support for the inner edges of the table-top. (See Figs. 5,6, and 8 in particular.) Arranged at suitable distances apart andjournaled between and supported by said bars 4 are a series oftransverse rollers 5, which serve as an antifrict-ion-support for thegalleys, hereinafter referred to, traveling through the machine.

Coincident with the sides of the transverse slot 3 are arranged a pairof parallel crossbars 6, which are riveted or otherwise secured at theirends to the sides of the table (see Figs. 5 and 6 in particular) and attheir middle are recessed, as at 7, to a depth suflicient to bring themat least to the plane of the upper surface of the rollers 5, so as toafford no obstruction to the free passage of the galleys. 8 designates atransverse shaft which is arranged centrally of the slot 3 and isjournaled at its ends in the sides of the table and in the standards 9,secured thereto, and said shaft, at opposite sides of the slot 2, isdiametrically increased in size or otherwise enlarged sufficiently, asby securing rollers 10 thereon, to project to the horizontal plane ofthe table, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 7, and at one end it isprovided with a cog-wheel 11. Vertically above and parallel with saidshaft 8 and journaled also at its ends in standards. 9 is a similarshaft 12, and mounted rigidly thereon is a roller 13, which is adapted,in conjunction with the double roller 10, to positively and reliablyfeed the paper to be afterward cut up into proper sizes fornewspaperwrappers through the machine, so that the names of thesubscribers will bearranged the proper distances apart upon said paper,as

will be hereinafter more particularly referred to. Acog-wheel 14-,mounted upon the shaft 12, meshes with the cog-wheel 11, whereby saidrollers move at a corresponding speed. A third shaft 15, parallel withthe shaftsS and 12, is j ournaled in the frame of the table,

and mounted upon the same is a mutilated gearwheel 16, said wheel beingof the same diameter, preferably, as the wheels hereinbefore described.Mounted also upon the same end of the shaft or secured thereto is acam-wheel 17, the function of which will hereinafter appear, and uponthe opposite end of the shaft 15 is a belt-wheel 18, preferably agrooved wheel. An endless belt 19 connects the wheel 18 and the similarwheel 20,mounted rigidly upon the corresponding end of a shaft 21,journaled in the upper ends of a pair of standards-22, bolted or rivetedto the frame of the table. A roller 23 is mounted upon said shaft for apurpose which will be hereinafter explained.

Secured at opposite sides of the table, some distance rearward of therollers 10 and 13, are a pair of standards 24, provided with a series ofcircular bearing-holes 25, in one or the other of which the spindle ofthe paperdepression roller 26 is journaled, said roller, in conjunctionwith the roller 13 hereinbefore described, being adapted to hold theintermediate portion of the paper flatly upon the table. To the rear ofthe standards 24 and also secured to opposite sides of the table arestandards 27, in which are journaled the spindles of the roll 28, uponwhich the paper 29 is wound in the customary manner.

In practice the end of the paper strip is passed below the depressionroller 26, between the rollers 10 and 13, and thence upwardly, and issecured to the roller 23, hereinbefore described, in order that it maybe automatically wound thereon after it has received thetype-impressionsthat is to say, the names of the subscribers-and fromwhich it is removed to be cut up into blanks to form wrappers of therequired size, which is customarily nine inches in length, though thismachine may of course be adjusted to print the names at greater or lessdistances apart.

Referring now to the galleys 30, it will be noticed that they are ofpeculiar construction, being U-shaped in cross-section and in theirupper edges are provided with beveled or ratchet teeth 31, between andabove which the type 3 are arranged or spaced in the customary manner.The galleys are supported upon the rollers 5, hereinbefore described. Inpractice there will be a number of these galleys, depending, of course,upon the number of subscribers, and they will be fed into the machine atone end by an attendantsuccessively and will be received at thedischarge end by another, and in order that their travel or movementshall be continuous and uninterrupted I commonly employ two sets of dogsfor engaging the ratchet-teeth of two galleys at the same time, whichwill insure that both shall move together and that the names of thesubscribers shall be printed at regular intervals upon the paper web orstrip as it runs from one roll to the other. Referring .nowin detail tothe mechanism just referred tuatin g these galleys and also forreciprocating the head-block or platen and driving the mechanismgenerally, 33 designates a shaft journaled in standards, as shown, or inany other suitable manner in the lower part of the frame, and mountedrigidly thereon is a wheel 34, provided with a weight 35 and driven byabelt 36, connected to any suitable motive power. (Not shown.)

37 designates a pair of cranks mounted 011 opposite ends of the shaft33, and connected pivotally at their lower ends to said cranks arelink-bars 38.

39 designates a cross-head frame which is arranged above the paper justrearward of the rollers 10 and 13 and is connected pivotally at itsopposite ends to the links 38, and said cross-head is provided withV-shaped guideways 40, in which the correspondinglyshaped ends of thehead-block or platen 41 are adjustably mounted. To adjust said blockvertically in said ways,a slotted bracket 42 is secured upon its upperend, and extending through the slots of said bracket and provided withheads at their lower ends are a pair of screw-bolts 43, and saidscrew-bolts extend up through the cross-head frame and are engaged aboveand below the top bar of the cross-head frame, respectively, by wingnutsor their equivalents 44: and nuts 44, by the proper manipulation ofwhich the head block or platen is vertically adjusted with relation toor independently of the cross-head frame. The head-block is providedwith a rubber face 45, wherebya more firm and positive pressure upon thepaper below is obtained, which pressure, being yielding in its nature,accommodates irregularities in the face of the type below the paper, andthereby insures a more legible print. Said crosshead frame is providedwith the verticallydepending rods 4:6,which extenddown through holes 47in the top of the table and through guide-holes in the longer brackets4:8, secured rigidly below the top of the table,and clamped to andconnecting their lower ends is a horizontal cross-rod 49.

A short distance rearward of the brackets 48 are a pair of dependingplates 50, which are secured to the longitudinal bars 4.- and form abearing for a rock-frame, said rockframe consisting of the cylindricalrod or sleeve 51 and the vertical arms 52 and 53, projecting upwardlyand depending, respectively, from said rod or sleeve, the arms 53 beingprovided with slots 5% in their lower ends which engage the rod 55, adjustably carried by the rock-shaft 50, journaled in the lower ends of apair of bearing-plates 57, de pending from the sides of the table. Apair of arms 58 project forwardly from said shaft and are provided withslotted or bifurcated ends 59, which engage the cross-rod 49 hereinbet'ore described. (See Figs. 2, 5, 6, and S particularly.)

A slight distance rearward of the standards 27 are a pair of plates 60,one only of which is shown and in dotted lines, (see Fig. 2,) dependingfrom the bars 4:, like the plates 50 hereinbefore described, andjournaled in the lower ends of said bars is a rock-frame 61, consisting,essentially, of a pair of upwardlyprojecting arms and a pair ofdepending arms. The depending arms are pivotally connected by link-rods62 with the rod 55, carried by the rock-shaft 56, so that the operationof said shaft will cause the synchronous operation of said frames. Theupwardly projecting arms of said frames are a sufficient distance apartfor the galleys to pass between them and carry pivotally at their upperends dogs 63 for engagement with the teeth of said galleys, as shownclearly in Fig. 2, where some of the type are omitted, and in Fig. 5.

To operate the cog-wheels and the rolls 10, 13, and 21, I preferablymount upon the shafts 33 and 15 sprocket-wheels 64 and 65, respectively,and connect them by a chain 66, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6. Inorder to check the movement of said rolls at the instant the head-blockor platen strikes the paper, I employ a dog 67, which is pivoted to theframe, as at 68, and actuated by a retractile spring 69, connecting saiddog and a bracket 70, secured to the frame adjacent to said wheels, saidspring causing the engagement of said dog with the cog-wheel 11 at theinstant that the mutilated portion of the cogwheel 16 comes opposite thecog-wheel 11. During the printing operation said mutilated gear-wheelrotates a fraction of a circle equal to the extent of its non-toothed ormutilated portion without affecting the position of the rolls above, andjust before its toothed portion comes again into engagement with thecog-wheel 11 the cam-wheel 17 strikes the front edge of the dog andforces it, against the resistance of the spring 69, out of engagementwith the cog-wheel 11. hen the mutilated portion of the cog wheel 16again comes opposite the cog-wheel 11, the flat or diminished side ofthe cam-wheel 17 is disposed toward the dog 67 in order that the springmay pull said dog forwardly and cause it to engage, as hereinbeforereferred to, the cog-wheel 11. During the cessation of movement by therollers referred to and the paper, due to the engagement of the dog withsaid wheel, it is obvious that the belt 19, connecting pulleys 18 and20, slips upon the latter and simply holds the paper strip between therollers 23 and 10 tensioned without causing the rotation of the former,and it is to be understood that this belt 19 in practice slipsconstantly but imperceptibly upon the pulley 20, so as to accommodatethe continuously-increasing size of the roll 23 during the operation ofthe machine. Said dog 67 engages and stops the rotation ,of the wheel 11when the platen descends to within about one-half inch of the galley ortype and holds said wheel firmly. Consequently the paper passing betweenthe rolls 10 and 13 stops until the platen makes its impression on saidgalley or type and the interposed paper and rises about the same height,when the cam again throws said dog out of engagement with said cog-wheel11 and the rolls again revolve until stopped by said dog, thus insuringa good impression on the type Without injury to the paper and at thesame time giving such space between the names as the operator mayrequire.

In order to overcome the momentum acquired by the paper-roll 29 duringthe period occupied by the printing operation, when the paper must bestationary, I preferably employ a tension or brake constructed asfollows: 71 designates a disk or wheel mounted upon the shaft 28, and 72a flexible strap which peripherally engages said disk or wheel and issecured at one end, as at 73, to the table and at its opposite end toaspring 74, said spring having its lower end attached to an eyebolt orequivalent device 75, whereby the tension of the strap may be increasedor diminished.

76 designates a pair of standards which are secured to the table atopposite sides of the galley and rearward of the roll 29, and journaledin and between said standards are a pair of engaging ink-distributingrolls 77 and 78, the lower one of which is adapted to ap ply ink to eachsuccessive type as the galley passes through the machine in thedirection indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2. The passage of said galleys bythe engagement of said type therefore causes an intermittent rotatableaction of said rollers, so that a freshly-inked surface is presented tothe name of each subscriber that all may be properly printed at theproper time. The upper roll is adapted to take ink from the reservoir79, which is preferably of substantially V form and having one section80 of its bottom adjustable relatively to the other, so as to increaseor diminish the size of the passage. It is preferably mounted to slidebetween cleats 81, but may be arranged in any other suitable manner. Thereservoir is also provided with spring clips or arms 82 and 83 forengage ment with the standards 76 to support it reliably in position,though it is to be understood that the fountain may be supported in anyother suitable manner.

. The general operation is as follows: Supposing the paper to bearranged as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 1 and as hereinbeforeexplained, the operation of the beltwheel 34 in the direction indicatedby the arrow, Fig. 1, causes the rotation of the cranks 37 and thereciprocal movement of thehead-block or platen, so as to cause thelatter to press firmly upon the paper as each subscribers name comes toa stop below the paper and in vertical alinementwith the platen, the reciprocal movement of the platen, through the medium of the rock-shaft 56and other parts described, causing the dog carrying frames to rock backand forth and advance the galleys step by step, one step with eachmovement of the platen. The chain 66 also imparts movement to thegearing and rollers hereinbefore described, so as to feed the paperintermittently in the direction indicated by the arrow a, Fig. 1, thepaper movement taking place during the rise and fall of the platen andthe movement of the galleys. The paper-controlling devices,however, areof such relation,proportions,and adjustment that the paper travelsseveral times the distance represented by the movement of the galleys,so that the names shall be spaced at the requisite distances apart.

By diminishing the length of the mutilated portion of the gear-wheel 16the distance between the names may be increased, and by increasing ordiminishing the size of said wheel the speed of travel of the paper willbe increased or diminished, and consequently the wrapper will be longeror shorter.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced anewspaperwrapperprinting machine which embodies the features ofadvantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention, and itis obvious that this machine may also be employed in other kinds ofwork, and it is to be understood that changes of form, detailconstruction, arrangement, and proportion may be made and equivalentssubstituted without departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

If it is desired to print the name of the subscriber directly upon themargin of the paper, whether folded or unfolded, all that need be doneis to remove the paper strip and place the papers successively under theplaten, so that as it descends the name of the subscriber will beprinted upon the under side of the paper. When marking papers in thisWay, the paperfeeding mechanism may be thrown out of gear, as itperforms no function. With this machine, therefore, it is obvious thatthe names of subscribers may be printed directly upon the paper muchquicker than by the old method, where printed stickers are employed-themethod now in common use-and it is also obvious, as hereinbeforeintimated, that this machine may be employed for printing names andaddresses not only upon newspapers and newspaper Wrappers, but also uponmagazines and other publications,wrappers therefor, and upon packagesand package-wrappers, and may be used in many other connections notnecessary to enumerate in this connection.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A machine of the character described, comprising a frame or table, atype-galley mounted therein, and provided with teeth, rock-framescarrying dogs engaging said typegalley, a rock-shaft, an arm carriedthereby, a rock-frame pivoted to said arm, a second rockfra1ne, andlinks connecting said frame with the arm of said rock-shaft,substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, of a type-galleysupported therein, a platen above said slot, galley and web of paperresting upon the table, a frame carrying said platen and mounted toreciprocate vertically, a rockshaft, an arm secured thereto, arock-frame connected to said arm, and adapted to cause an intermittentmovement of the type-galley, an arm projecting from said rock-shaft, andengaging said reciprocatory frame, and means to reciprocate said frameand thereby synchronously operate the platen and the typegalley,substantially as described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, of a type-galleysupported therein, a platen above said slot, galley and web of paperresting upon the table, 2. frame carrying said platen and mounted toreciprocate vertically, a rock-shaft, an arm secured thereto, arock-frame connected to said arm aiid adapted to cause an intermittentmovement of the type-galley, a second rockframe adapted to cause acorresponding and synchronous movement of a second type-galley,link-barsconnectingthe last-named frame with the arm of said rock-shaft, an armprojecting from said rock-shaft and engaging the rcciprocatory frame,and means to reciprocate said frame, substantially as described.

4. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame or table, having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal seriesof rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and within saidslots, of rollers journaled above the table, and connected by a web orstrip of paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon thetable, the foremost depression-roller being also a feedroller, and asecond feed-roller below the firstnamed and bifurcated at its center soas to permit the type-galley to pass therethrough, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame or table having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal seriesof rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and within saidslot, of rollers journaled above the table, and connected by a web orstrip of paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon the tablethe foremost depression-roller being also a feedroller, a secondfeed-roller below the firstnamed, and bifurcated at its center so as topermit the type-galley to pass therethrough, a reciprocatory platenabove the table and rearward of said feed-rollers, means to cause saidplaten to reciprocate at intervals and the type-galley to travel with astep-by-step movement, and means to stop the rotation of thefeed-rollers, and therefore of the paper, just before the downstroke ofthe platen is completed, substantially as described.

(3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame or table having a longitudinal slot, a horizontal seriesof rollers therein, and type-galleys upon said rollers and Within saidslots, of rollers journaled above the table, connected by aweb or stripof paper, depression-rollers holding the paper down upon the table; theforemost depression-roller being also a feed-roller, a secondfeed-roller below the first-named, and bifurcated at its center so as topermit the type-galley to pass therethrough, a reciprocatory platenabove the table and rearward of said feed-rollers, means to cause saidplaten to reciprocate at intervals and the type-galley to travel with astep-by-step movement, means to stop the rotation of the rollers, andtherefore of the paper, just before the downstroke of the platen iscompleted, and means to start the movement of said rollers and the paperimmediately after the platen begins its upward stroke, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable table, rollers journaled above the same and connected by a webof paper, feed-rollers engaging said paper at its opposite sides andgeared together, a continuously-rotating shaft belted to the roller uponwhich the paper is to be Wound, a mutilated cog-wheel upon the oppositeend of the shaft, which for a part of its revolution meshes with thegearing of said feed-rollers, and means to check the rotation of saidfeedrollers at the instant the mutilated gear-wheel is disengagedtherefrom, substantially as de-- scribed.

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable table, rollers journaled above the same and connected by a webof paper, feed-rollers engaging said paper at its opposite sides andgeared together, a continuously-rotating shaft belted to the roller uponwhich the paper is to be wound,

a mutilated cog-wheel upon the opposite end of the shaft, which for apart of its revolution meshes With the gearing of said feedrollers, adog to check the rotation of said feed-rollers at the instant themutilated gearwheel is disengaged therefrom, and means to throw said dogout of gear with said feedrollers at the instant the mutilated gear-Wheel moves into gear with said rollers, sub stantially as described.

9. In a machine of the character described, a frame or table, atraveling galley thereon, rollers connected by a web of paper arrangedand held adjacent to the type of the galleys, and feed-rollers engagingthe paper above and below, the lower one being bifurcated to permit thegalley to pass therethrough, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the character described, a frame or table, a galleythereon, rollers connected by a web of paper held adjacent to the typeof the galleys, feed-rollers engaging the paper at the opposite sides,one of them being diametrically reduced or bifurcated that the galleymay pass; a reciprocatory platen above the table, means to cause theplaten to reciprocate and the galley to advance step by step, and meansto stop the rotation of the feed-rollers just before the downstroke ofthe platen is completed.

11. In a machine of the character described, a table or frame, a galleymounted thereon, a rock-frame connected to the galley to advance it witha step-by-step movement, a platen above the galley,a frame carrying saidplaten, a rock-shaft connected to the rock-frame and the reciprocatoryframe, a driven crank-shaft connected to operate said connected parts, apair of feed-rollers above and below the plane of the galley,intermeshing gear-wheels carried thereby, a shaft geared to thecrank-shaft, a mutilated gear-wheel thereon and arranged to drive saidrolls, a dog engaging one of the gear-wheels when the latter is notengaged with the mutilated gear, and a cam rotating with the latter andadapted to disengage said dog as the mutilated gear rengages thegearwheel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two.witnesses.

- THOMAS WOLFE. Witnesses:

GEO. H. ENGLISH, DANL. B. HOLMES.

